• MANVILLE: Elks club gearing up for 18th clambake

    By Mary Ellen Zangara, Special Writer    Manville-Hillsborough Elks Lodge 2119 will hold its 18th annual clambake Saturday, Sept. 12 (rain date Sept. 13), to help support special-needs children.    The event, one of three Elks fundraisers that helps support special-needs children, will be held from 1 to 5 p.m. at the Elks lodge on Brooks Boulevard.…

  • MANVILLE: School board OKs curriculum changes

    By Eileen Oldfield, Staff Writer    How would a headhunter get seventh U.S. President Andrew Jackson a job after he left the presidency?    Convincing an employer to give the former president a job — an assignment for U.S. History I students at Manville High School — is just one of the additions to the district’s curriculum…

  • THINGS TO DO

    Saturday, Aug. 29    EARTH Center: The Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Middlesex County’s EARTH Center will host its Garden Field Day Open House from 1 to 5 p.m. The event will take place at the EARTH Center located at 42 Riva Ave. in Davidson’s Mill Pond Park, South Brunswick (raindate is Aug. 30). The Extension Agriculture…

  • Remove the trellis

    Gail Samse, Hopewell Borough The following was sent to members of the Hopewell Borough Planning Board, the Historic Advisory Committee and Borough Council: This letter is being sent to you to express concern about the trellis “structure” that has been built on the property between the DANA building and Nomad Pizza/Gallup Building.    There are two…

  • CRANBURY: Barn preservation moves forward

    by Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer    CRANBURY — “It’s time for a barn raising,” said Committeeman David Stout with a crooked grin after the Township Committee voted Monday to help fund the Cranbury Historical and Preservation Society’s efforts to relocate and restore the Updike parsonage barn.    The ordinance authorizes the township to appropriate $40,500 from its…

  • HEALTH MATTERS: Diagnosing hard-to-spot breast cancer earlier

    By William A. Parker, MD, Princeton HealthCare System    When it comes to successfully fighting breast cancer, early detection and prompt treatment are essential. The good news is that advances in breast care such as MRI and MRI-guided breast biopsy can now be used in conjunction with other diagnostic exams, including mammograms, to detect and diagnose…

  • Princeton Boro police chief candidate appreciated

    Ethan C. Finley of Princeton     Lt. David Dudeck has been with the Princeton Borough police for longer than 23 years. Lt. Dudeck has a lot more seniority on the Princeton Borough police force than the other two lieutenants who are on the borough police force. For those reasons, I believe that Lt. David Dudeck…

  • HOPEWELL VALLEY: Coming soon: Karenzo’s frozen pasta sauce

    HOPEWELL VALLEY: Coming soon: Karenzo’s frozen pasta sauce

    Pennington fireman: “I haven’t had sauce this good since my mom’s” By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    Vince Ippolito’s mother, Angelina, guarded, very closely, the family recipe for pasta sauce.    ”The recipe’s been in the family for 100 years. It came over with us from Sicily,” Mr. Ippolito, of Haddon Court in Hopewell Township, said recently.…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Police Blotter

       Scott Emerson, 46, of Matawan, was charged with driving while intoxicated and failure to maintain the lane after he was pulled over for straddling the dashed white line and driving in both eastbound lanes on Amwell Road at 2:06 a.m. Aug. 16, police said.    Mr. Emerson was taken into custody after he failed several field…

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